Whose Party is it Anyway? (updated, with poll)

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Wednesday October 28, 2015 · 6:42 PM PDT

2015/10/28 · 18:42

Did the New York Times just give up the game? A report on Mayor de Blasio’s apparent hesitancy to endorse Hillary Clinton speaks volumes about the dysfunctional political culture that is inspiring the Sanders movement and the paper that refuses to report, or even acknowledge it. Everything is illuminated under the squiggle.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/...

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36 votes Show Results

The party is nakedly and nororiously corrupt. Now what? Do we:

36 votes Vote Now!

The party is nakedly and nororiously corrupt. Now what? Do we:

Give up

9 votes

Fight harder

27 votes

New Yorkers: Register Dem Before October 9 or Kiss Your Vote Goodbye!

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Monday October 05, 2015 · 5:23 PM PDT

2015/10/05 · 17:23

I will make this short and sweet.

If you live in New York and are registered to vote, but not as a Democrat, you will not be eligible to vote unless you change your party enrollment by Friday, October 9. For those who are counting, yes, that is fully six months before the April 19 New York primary.

Those of you who do not appreciate the rich irony of an organization that calls itself Democratic treating would-be party members this way should read on below the fold.

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Tuesday November 30, 2010 · 2:01 PM PST

2010/11/30 · 14:01

It’s zero hour for the 99-ers, with unemployment benefits set to expire today. If, like most Americans, you think that this is a bad thing, and you'd like to do something about it, meet me below the fold.

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40 votes Show Results

Can we shame republicans and recalcitrant Dems into approving an extension?

40 votes Vote Now!

Can we shame republicans and recalcitrant Dems into approving an extension?

Yes, because the potential publicity that this would create could put this on the front burner

5 votes

Yes, because the President and Congressional dems are waiting for us to show them what we want

1 vote

Yes, because this could be the President's first slam-dunk progressive triumph

1 vote

No, because the GOP and their Democratic enablers know no shame

18 votes

No, because nobody in either party cares what we think

15 votes

ACTION ALERT: How to Stop the HCR Shell Game

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Monday March 15, 2010 · 9:54 AM PDT

2010/03/15 · 09:54

If you saw Glenn Greenwald’s depressingly accurate take on how the Democratic party leadership plays Three-card Monte with the progressive base, you might have been left with an unsatisfying sense of validation. You knew that there was something oddly convenient about the constantly shifting goalposts that have made an emotional rollercoaster of this legislative process. And yet, on the whole, you gave the Dems the benefit of the doubt, perhaps reasoning that passing a hugely popular initiative like the public option is a no-brainer.

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Saturday September 06, 2008 · 3:31 PM PDT

2008/09/06 · 15:31

If you don't know the movie, "It's a Wonderful Life", Mr. Potter is a craven, cynical, ruthless, sadistic and very rich guy who pretty much owns a town full of mostly working-class people for whom he has a lot of contempt and no pity at all. A pillar of the community, he is feared and respected because nearly everyone in town depends on him in some way, either as his employees, tenants or prey.

The most compelling scene in the movie is the one where George Bailey looks out onto broken-down shanties, belching smokestacks, flashing neon lights and desolate landscape of a town that somehow takes the place of his beloved Bedford Falls. Potterville is the town that would have been, but for the good deeds and fair dealing that define George's life. I love that scene because his despairing disbelief seems to mirror the way that I feel when I look at America in the age of Bush-Cheney.

Since the year 2000, Republicans have, for the most part controlled both houses of Congress, the White House, and of course the judiciary. For the past nearly eight years, this country has been exactly as Republicans have always wanted it. So it stands to reason that if you want to know what Republicans stand for . . .

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30 votes Show Results

Mr. Potter would most envy the GOP's:

30 votes Vote Now!

Mr. Potter would most envy the GOP's:

Ability to fix elections with impunity

8 votes

Success in co-opting so many of their victims

16 votes

Body count

6 votes

Sammy we hardly knew ye . . .

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Sunday June 01, 2008 · 10:24 AM PDT

2008/06/01 · 10:24

I just learned the awful news that today's show will be Sam Seder's last on Air America Radio.

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53 votes Show Results

Which AAR host fares best when debating wingers?

53 votes Vote Now!

Which AAR host fares best when debating wingers?

Sam Seder

30 votes

Randy Rhodes

8 votes

"Big Ed" Schultz

14 votes

Lionel

1 vote

Edwards Campaign Therapeutic Bitchfest: The Doctor is IN (updated)

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Wednesday January 30, 2008 · 7:05 AM PST

2008/01/30 · 07:05

John Edwards deserves the sincere gratitude of every American. Not just Democrats, and not just the poor. I visited a Thank You John diary to leave a grateful comment. But I've got other feelings to deal with. The bitterness, disappointment, disillusionment, and yes, depression I feel needs expression. John Edwards's campaign gave me a measure of hope that democracy might survive; that the electoral process could be wrested back from the moneyed interests that have made such a convincing charade of our politics that many Americans don't even realize that they are just pawns in the game; that they have no real say over their government or their destinies; that, as John Edwards so eloquently and correctly put it, "the game is rigged." Angry? It makes me absolutely furious.

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15 votes Show Results

Which fictional characer are you?

15 votes Vote Now!

Which fictional characer are you?

Scarlett O'Hara: I'll think about it tomorrow

5 votes

Stewie Griffin: You two! Fight! To the death!

8 votes

Corky St. Clair: I'm just gonna bite my pillow!

2 votes

Playing the Race Card Card

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Wednesday January 23, 2008 · 11:43 PM PST

2008/01/23 · 23:43

Ted Rall cites this poll to illustrate why race is indeed a factor to consider in choosing a candidate.

Polls show that two-thirds of Americans think the country is ready for a female or black president. But I’m a glass-third-full guy. When a third of the electorate tells you “we’re” not ready for a woman or an African-American commander-in-chief, they really mean that they won’t vote for one. John Edwards is more likely to beat Romney or McCain than either of his history-making rivals, just by showing up with pale skin and a Y chromosome.

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24 votes Show Results

What's your primary consideration?

24 votes Vote Now!

What's your primary consideration?

In the primary, Iâ€<sup>TM</sup>m willing to vote for whoever has the best chance of winning the general election

8 votes

In the primary Iâ€<sup>TM</sup>m willing to vote for my candidate regardless of their chances

16 votes

A Challenge to Clinton and Obama Supporters

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Tuesday January 22, 2008 · 8:52 PM PST

2008/01/22 · 20:52

How badly do you want your candidate to win? Are you willing to bet your future on it? RJ Eskow’s excellent huffpo post got me thinking about a rational approach to deciding whom to vote for. To keep himself honest, and to guard against getting drawn into a popularity contest, he uses an objective five-point test to score the candidates. His admirably thoughtful approach inspired me to call attention to a thought-provoking video that some might find useful in choosing a candidate or (as in my case) in testing the soundness of a choice that's already been made. Go look at it right now. I'll wait. Then kindly follow me below the fold.

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Sammy we hardly knew ye . . .

Edwards Campaign Therapeutic Bitchfest: The Doctor is IN (updated)

Playing the Race Card Card

A Challenge to Clinton and Obama Supporters